Tamil Nadu Medical and Household Welfare minister Ma Subramanian on Monday mentioned that 5 deaths that occurred after the Indian Air Drive’s air present on the Marina seaside on Sunday have been associated to warmth points and appealed to the political events and media to not politicise the problem. Of the almost 100 folks admitted to the federal government hospitals near Marina seaside, 7 have been present process therapy, and 93 folks have been handled as out-patients. 5 individuals have been introduced lifeless to the hospitals, Subramanian acknowledged. The situation of these present process therapy on the hospitals was secure, he mentioned and added that there was no stampede whereas the spectators began leaving for house on the similar time.
At the least 5 individuals, who have been amongst 1000’s of spectators, died resulting from causes together with excessive exhaustion. A senior metropolis police official mentioned that one particular person died on the beachfront and 4 others within the neighborhood and all of the 5 have been among the many 1000’s who had gathered alongside the a number of kilometer lengthy shoreline to witness the air present.
“We don’t deny the deaths, which have been all associated to warmth circumstances because the folks remained beneath the new solar from 11 am until one pm. Let me make it clear, we made preparations anticipating 15 lakh folks for the IAF’s 92nd Day celebrations and even offered greater than what the IAF had sought,” the Minister mentioned. “The IAF had requested us to prepared 100 beds, an ICU facility with 20 beds apart from protecting a blood financial institution on alert to answer any emergency. However we organized 4,000 beds at 5 authorities medical faculty hospitals within the neighborhood,” Subramanian mentioned refuting the opposition events’ cost of insufficient preparations.